A background infusion of morphine enhances patient-controlled analgesia after cardiac surgery

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 718-722

  Guler, Tayfun ^a   Unlugenc, Hakki ^a   Gundogan, Zehra ^a   Ozalevli, Mehmet ^a   Balcioglu, Okan ^a   Topcuoglu, Mehmet Sah ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; MORPHINE SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COUGHING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG USE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; MALE; NAUSEA; OPERATING ROOM; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REST; SEDATION; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 7044237195     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03018432     Document Type: Article

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